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Department of Management
Departmental Research Guide


This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. LC Call Nos. - - - 2. Finding Articles - - - 3. Reference Collection - - - 4. Management Faculty - - - 5. Professional Societies - - - 6. Web Sites


1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

ManagementHD28-HD70 ------- Entrepreneurship, HB615 ------- Strategic Planning, HD30.28 ------- Organizational Behavior, HD58.7 ------- Total Quality Management, HD62.15 ------- International business enterprises, HD62.4 ------- Industrial Relations, HD6958.5-HD6971 ------- Personnel management, HF5549-HF5549.5 ------- Compensation Management, HF5549.5C67 ------- Employees, Training of, HF5549.5T7 ------- Business Law, KF871-KF890 ------- Production management, TS155 ------- Production Planning, TS176

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

  • TD Net Electronic Journal Finder- Accesses electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers at WKU and their TOC which are updated weekly. Individualized current awareness alerts for journal titles and keywords.
  • TOPCAT-Online catalog for print and microform books, journals at WKU.

The following services are recommended for courses for first-year students and non-majors:

  • ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)- Index with abstracts of over 550,000 articles in nearly 1500 global business periodicals; 700 full text titles with coverage back to 1991/92 and indexing back to 1971.
  • Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) KYVL- Index with full text for more than 2300 global business journals, including full text for more than 1100 peer-reviewed titles.
  • ProQuest Computing KYVL- Information on computer software, hardware, e-commerce, Web site development, systems design, technology including product reviews.Wall Street Journal (Full-text in ABI/INFORM)- Wall Street journal articles, Eastern edition, 1984-Current. Subject/date/other indexing.

he following services are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

  • Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology- Study of human behavior in industry, work environment.  Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HF 5548.8.E498
  • Encyclopedia of Small Business- Study of nearly 5.8 million firms with fewer than 100 employees and nearly 19 million businesses that do not have hired help- Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HQ 62.7H553
  • International Directory of Company Histories 1988-Present- Historical development of over 8,650 of the world’s most important companies.  Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HD2721.I63
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook- reference for occupations: nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook, earnings, related occupations-Helm Library Reference Desk- L2.314:2004-05
  • Other management sources are available in Reference, mainly in the HD28-HD70 part of the collection.

4. Department of Management

Management Faculty:  http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/gfcb/management/faculty/faculty.html

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

6. Web Sites Recommended by Management Faculty

Business Address and Phone Books

Entrepreneurship

Business News Sources

Web Marketing Trends

Patent Searches

Country Info

Directories

International Equity Investing

Super Sites

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